Glaessneropsis tribulosa Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glaessneropsidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2009. Revision of the Prosopinae sensu Glaessner, 1969 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) including four new families, four new genera, and five new species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 110:55-121

Belongs to Glaessneropsis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Glaessneropsis bucegiana, Glaessneropsis heraldica, Glaessneropsis myrmekia

Type specimen: NHMW 1990/0041/272, a carapace. Its type locality is Ernstbrunn Quarry Dorfles V (NHMW collection), which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Ernstbrunn Formation of Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ernstbrunn Quarry Dorfles V (NHMW collection)

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